Test 13 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

Ngl, the fox pulled that salmon trick, but who does the salmon belong to?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: pull, belong · To what, where: salmon trick

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	nsubj
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 trick	mark
7	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trick	compound
8	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 does	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 does	cc
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 belong	nsubj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 salmon	det
14	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 does	obj
15	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pulled	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 belong	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	Ngl	salmon trick					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme
2	belong	present							vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

The salmon belonged to the boatman in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salmon	det
2	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonged	nsubj
3	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 boatman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boatman	det
6	boatman	boatman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonged	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	past	the salmon				in the end	to the boatman	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The salmon was caught by the fox from the water, and then the boatman claimed it as his own catch for the family dinner

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salmon	det
2	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux:pass
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fox	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 claimed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 claimed	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 claimed	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boatman	det
15	boatman	boatman	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 claimed	nsubj
16	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 claimed	obj
18	as	as	ADP	_	21 catch	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 catch	nmod:poss
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 catch	amod
21	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 claimed	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	25 dinner	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 dinner	det
24	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 dinner	compound
25	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 catch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	the fox from the water	the salmon					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	the boatman	salmon			then	as boatman's own catch for the family dinner	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The salmon was caught by the fox from the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salmon	det
2	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux:pass
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	the fox	the salmon		the water			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from water=Source

Option 4

The salmon was given to the fox by the pike after the race, since the pike had lost and owed him a fish

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salmon	det
2	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 fox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 pike	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pike	det
10	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 race	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 race	det
13	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pike	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 lost	punct
15	since	since	SCONJ	_	19 lost	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pike	det
17	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 lost	aux
19	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 given	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 owed	cc
21	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 owed	iobj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 fish	det
24	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 owed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past · passive	the pike after the race	the salmon	the fox	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to fox=Recipient
2	lose	past · perfect · passive		the pike		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	owe	past	the pike after the race not said here	a fish	pike	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal fish=Theme

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